The Top 100 Greatest Boxers Pound per Pound of All-Time

[elmersalsa]

Marco Antonio Barrera: The Baby Faced Assassin is Champion Again!

Barrera improves to 47-2 with 35 knockouts. This time, he became champion again of the lighly regarded WBO World Super Bantamweight title by stopping Richie Wenton of Liverpool, England.

Wenton was a very skilled fighter with fast combinations. But, he wasn't in Barrera's class. In the 3rd round, Wenton went down 3 times, all by a left hook shot to the liver.

Wenton didn't come out for the 4th round. Barrera is WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion for the second time.

The fight was for the vacant title. Barrera won by 3rd round TKO.

[elmersalsa]

Richie Wenton falls to 22-4, with 9KOs.

[elmersalsa]

The Baby Faced Assassin, the great Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico defended his crown against a veteran fighter from Argentina named Pastor Humberto Maurin.

Maurin had a respectable record of 42-1, 23KOs. Was supposed to be a good challenge for Barrera's crown. But, he was a deep disappointment. Although, awkward, Barrera had almost a shutout in all of the judges scorecards. It was not a great fight.

Barrera retained his crown by Unanimous decision in a boring contest.

Barrera, at just 25, makes his last championship fight of the century. He improves to 49-2, 36KOs.

On his next fight, on December 18, 1999, Barrera makes his last fight of the century. He totally outclassed his countryman Cesar Najera in 4 rounds. But the California Boxing Commission ruled the fight a Non Decision because there was not an accurate record on Najera's ledger.

Next for Marco Antonio, is a possible showdown with his countryman, the great Erik "El Terrible" Morales, the WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion for a title unification.

[Wee Tommy]

Richie Wenton falls to 22-4, with 9KOs.

Narrowly missing out on a place on this list.

[Jaywheel]

[elmersalsa]

Sometimes is a delight to see another classic fight on YouTube. And the first fight between The Baby Faced Assassin, Marco Antonio Barrera against Erik "El Terrible" Morales fight #1 in this great Mexican Civil war gave the world one of the greatest fights of all time.

Morales vs Barrera I is definitely the greatest fight of all-time between Mexican champions. It was a non-stop thriller that was fun to watch. It was better than Ruben Olivares vs Chucho Castillo (1). Better than Carlos Zarate vs Alfonso Zamora. Better than many other great Mexican wars.

I have scored this fight 3 times, and each time I ended scoring it a draw. It was a close fight that could have gone either way. The fans were the winners that night.

Erik "El Terrible" Morales had his defining fight. Barrera was his greatest nemesis no doubt about it. And so was Morales was to Barrera's.

Even though the Baby Faced Assassin lost in this unforgettable fight, he still was not out of the boxing world picture. He had many other fights left to give. But, win or lose, it was what a fight!

It was a Friday night of February 19, 2000. Wait a minute! Twenty-two years have gone by? Where was I in those 22 years? It doesn't seem like a long time ago.

Barrera falls to 49-3, 1NC with 36KOs

[Wee Tommy]

Sometimes is a delight to see another classic fight on YouTube. And the first fight between The Baby Faced Assassin, Marco Antonio Barrera against Erik "El Terrible" Morales fight #1 in this great Mexican Civil war gave the world one of the greatest fights of all time.

Morales vs Barrera I is definitely the greatest fight of all-time between Mexican champions. It was a non-stop thriller that was fun to watch. It was better than Ruben Olivares vs Chucho Castillo (1). Better than Carlos Zarate vs Alfonso Zamora. Better than many other great Mexican wars.

I have scored this fight 3 times, and each time I ended scoring it a draw. It was a close fight that could have gone either way. The fans were the winners that night.

Erik "El Terrible" Morales had his defining fight. Barrera was his greatest nemesis no doubt about it. And so was Morales was to Barrera's.

Even though the Baby Faced Assassin lost in this unforgettable fight, he still was not out of the boxing world picture. He had many other fights left to give. But, win or lose, it was what a fight!

It was a Friday night of February 19, 2000. Wait a minute! Twenty-two years have gone by? Where was I in those 22 years? It doesn't seem like a long time ago.

Barrera falls to 49-3, 1NC with 36KOs

I’d say Eriks win over Manny was his defining fight.

[elmersalsa]

Sometimes is a delight to see another classic fight on YouTube. And the first fight between The Baby Faced Assassin, Marco Antonio Barrera against Erik "El Terrible" Morales fight #1 in this great Mexican Civil war gave the world one of the greatest fights of all time.

Morales vs Barrera I is definitely the greatest fight of all-time between Mexican champions. It was a non-stop thriller that was fun to watch. It was better than Ruben Olivares vs Chucho Castillo (1). Better than Carlos Zarate vs Alfonso Zamora. Better than many other great Mexican wars.

I have scored this fight 3 times, and each time I ended scoring it a draw. It was a close fight that could have gone either way. The fans were the winners that night.

Erik "El Terrible" Morales had his defining fight. Barrera was his greatest nemesis no doubt about it. And so was Morales was to Barrera's.

Even though the Baby Faced Assassin lost in this unforgettable fight, he still was not out of the boxing world picture. He had many other fights left to give. But, win or lose, it was what a fight!

It was a Friday night of February 19, 2000. Wait a minute! Twenty-two years have gone by? Where was I in those 22 years? It doesn't seem like a long time ago.

Barrera falls to 49-3, 1NC with 36KOs

I’d say Eriks win over Manny was his defining fight.

It could be.

[elmersalsa]

Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico City, Mexico, continues his winning streak when he is challenged by Jose Luis Valbuena of Venezuela.

Valbuena was a tall southpaw with a record of 18-1-1, with 10KOs. He gave Barrera a tough time due to his southpaw stance and height.

The fight was in New Orleans, LA. It was not a great fight. But, the Baby Faced Assassin didn't look good, even though he won by Unanimous Decision on the judges scorecards.

I also saw that Barrera won slightly margin against a slick and slippery opponent. In my scorecard, he won 116-114. Very close. It had a lot of close rounds and both fighters missed a lot of punches that was very frustrating to see.

Barrera improves to 50-3, 1NC with 36KOs

[elmersalsa]

Then, Marco Antonio Barrera had one of his most complete and dominant performances against 37-year old and former WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion, Jesus "The Hawaiian Punch" Salud. A Filipino/Pinoy boxer that resides in Hawaii.

With a record of 62-9, with 37KOs, Salud had went through a lot of fights. This was his last great payday and last chance to become world champion again. But, age showed that he didn't had it. All he did against the Baby Faced Assassin was to receive leather in his face from all angles.

Barrera showed different stuff in his arsenal. He looked brilliant and complete fighter. He has never before this fight looked so great and dominant. He kinda changed his style a little bit. But, had the same aggressive approach.

Maybe the 37-year old Salud made him look Super fantastic. Salud looked washed up and over the hill.

The fight was stopped by Salud's corner. They didn't want their fighter get further punishment. Barrera wins by a 6th round TKO.

Barrera improves to 51-3, 1NC with 37KOs.

[elmersalsa]

Next for Marco Antonio Barrera is a Super Showdown with undefeated superstar champion Prince Nasseem Hamed of England.

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Richie Wenton falls to 22-4, with 9KOs.

Narrowly missing out on a place on this list.

Give it time, he could show up later like james toney did

[Wee Tommy]

Richie Wenton falls to 22-4, with 9KOs.

Narrowly missing out on a place on this list.

Give it time, he could show up later like james toney did

Maybe in five years at number 72

[elmersalsa]

Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico City, Mexico vs Prince Naseem Hamed of Sheffield, England. A featherweight fight for 12 rounds that the expectation was fireworks.

It didn't give much of fireworks like it should. But it was a good fight. Especially, it was a great tactical fight by Barrera, the Baby Faced Assassin. He dominated Hamed with his boxing. It was perhaps Barrera's most complete and dominant performance against a dangerous opponent like Hamed who at the time was a boxing superstar all over the world and one of the best fighters of the moment.

Hamed, a Muslim of Yemenian heritage, was a knockout artist, who had 31 knockout wins in 35 bouts. Only 4 guys went the distance with him. And he was also undefeated.

On April 7, 2001 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Barrera did the unthinkable by being the counter puncher. He moved swiftly and made The Prince very uncomfortable.

Hamed was exposed big time. Barrera showed that if a guy uses the jab and wait on him to attack, he would be useless, without a second plan. And that's what happened to the Prince. Barrera kept him off balanced with the left jab. Hamed had an awkward style of fighting. He depended heavily upon his reflexes making the other guy miss, so that he could come and counter. But, in this night, he could not do it. It was kind of difficult for him to do that because the way the Baby Faced Assassin carried himself.

Hamed was one of the most feared punchers in the game. Among his victims were world champions like Kevin Kelley (WKO4), Tom Johnson (WTKO8), Wilfredo Vazquez (WTKO7), Manuel Medina (WTKO11), and Vuyani Bungu (WKO4). And also had decision wins against Wayne McCoullough and Cesar Soto.

Hamed also had already a tremendous resume. He was the former European Bantamweight Champion, WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion and WBO, IBF and WBC World Featherweight Champion. At Super Bantamweight, he made 15 title defenses of the WBO crown. He was destined for greatness.

This was perhaps Barrera's defining fight. At least one of his top 5 greatest performances. And he deservedly so won the fight outright by Unanimous Decision in 12 rounds to become the IBO World Featherweight Champion.

He took Hamed's aura of invincibility. Hamed got humbled. That's all was to it.

I scored the fight 115-112 for Barrera. In round 12, Barrera kind of lost his composure and slammed Hamed's head in a ring post. That was the only thing wrong he did all night. He got a point deducted for that by the famous Puerto Rican referee Joe Cortez.

Barrera just kept winning and rolling. This was his 4th win in a row. He improves to 53-3, 1NC, with 38KOs.

Hamed dropped to 35-1, with 31KOs. After that, he fought one more time, and retired for good at age 28. He got inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY in 2009.

[The Balletic Bomber]

Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico City, Mexico vs Prince Naseem Hamed of Sheffield, England. A featherweight fight for 12 rounds that the expectation was fireworks.

It didn't give much of fireworks like it should. But it was a good fight. Especially, it was a great tactical fight by Barrera, the Baby Faced Assassin. He dominated Hamed with his boxing. It was perhaps Barrera's most complete and dominant performance against a dangerous opponent like Hamed who at the time was a boxing superstar all over the world and one of the best fighters of the moment.

Hamed, a Muslim of Yemenian heritage, was a knockout artist, who had 31 knockout wins in 35 bouts. Only 4 guys went the distance with him. And he was also undefeated.

On April 7, 2001 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Barrera did the unthinkable by being the counter puncher. He moved swiftly and made The Prince very uncomfortable.

Hamed was exposed big time. Barrera showed that if a guy uses the jab and wait on him to attack, he would be useless, without a second plan. And that's what happened to the Prince. Barrera kept him off balanced with the left jab. Hamed had an awkward style of fighting. He depended heavily upon his reflexes making the other guy miss, so that he could come and counter. But, in this night, he could not do it. It was kind of difficult for him to do that because the way the Baby Faced Assassin carried himself.

Hamed was one of the most feared punchers in the game. Among his victims were world champions like Kevin Kelley (WKO4), Tom Johnson (WTKO8), Wilfredo Vazquez (WTKO7), Manuel Medina (WTKO11), and Vuyani Bungu (WKO4). And also had decision wins against Wayne McCoullough and Cesar Soto.

Hamed also had already a tremendous resume. He was the former European Bantamweight Champion, WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion and WBO, IBF and WBC World Featherweight Champion. At Super Bantamweight, he made 15 title defenses of the WBO crown. He was destined for greatness.

This was perhaps Barrera's defining fight. At least one of his top 5 greatest performances. And he deservedly so won the fight outright by Unanimous Decision in 12 rounds to become the IBO World Featherweight Champion.

He took Hamed's aura of invincibility. Hamed got humbled. That's all was to it.

I scored the fight 115-112 for Barrera. In round 12, Barrera kind of lost his composure and slammed Hamed's head in a ring post. That was the only thing wrong he did all night. He got a point deducted for that by the famous Puerto Rican referee Joe Cortez.

Barrera just kept winning and rolling. This was his 4th win in a row. He improves to 53-3, 1NC, with 38KOs.

Hamed dropped to 35-1, with 31KOs. After that, he fought one more time, and retired for good at age 28. He got inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY in 2009.

elmersalsa, where do you rank Barrera among the all time great Mexican fighters?

[elmersalsa]

Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico City, Mexico vs Prince Naseem Hamed of Sheffield, England. A featherweight fight for 12 rounds that the expectation was fireworks.

It didn't give much of fireworks like it should. But it was a good fight. Especially, it was a great tactical fight by Barrera, the Baby Faced Assassin. He dominated Hamed with his boxing. It was perhaps Barrera's most complete and dominant performance against a dangerous opponent like Hamed who at the time was a boxing superstar all over the world and one of the best fighters of the moment.

Hamed, a Muslim of Yemenian heritage, was a knockout artist, who had 31 knockout wins in 35 bouts. Only 4 guys went the distance with him. And he was also undefeated.

On April 7, 2001 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Barrera did the unthinkable by being the counter puncher. He moved swiftly and made The Prince very uncomfortable.

Hamed was exposed big time. Barrera showed that if a guy uses the jab and wait on him to attack, he would be useless, without a second plan. And that's what happened to the Prince. Barrera kept him off balanced with the left jab. Hamed had an awkward style of fighting. He depended heavily upon his reflexes making the other guy miss, so that he could come and counter. But, in this night, he could not do it. It was kind of difficult for him to do that because the way the Baby Faced Assassin carried himself.

Hamed was one of the most feared punchers in the game. Among his victims were world champions like Kevin Kelley (WKO4), Tom Johnson (WTKO8), Wilfredo Vazquez (WTKO7), Manuel Medina (WTKO11), and Vuyani Bungu (WKO4). And also had decision wins against Wayne McCoullough and Cesar Soto.

Hamed also had already a tremendous resume. He was the former European Bantamweight Champion, WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion and WBO, IBF and WBC World Featherweight Champion. At Super Bantamweight, he made 15 title defenses of the WBO crown. He was destined for greatness.

This was perhaps Barrera's defining fight. At least one of his top 5 greatest performances. And he deservedly so won the fight outright by Unanimous Decision in 12 rounds to become the IBO World Featherweight Champion.

He took Hamed's aura of invincibility. Hamed got humbled. That's all was to it.

I scored the fight 115-112 for Barrera. In round 12, Barrera kind of lost his composure and slammed Hamed's head in a ring post. That was the only thing wrong he did all night. He got a point deducted for that by the famous Puerto Rican referee Joe Cortez.

Barrera just kept winning and rolling. This was his 4th win in a row. He improves to 53-3, 1NC, with 38KOs.

Hamed dropped to 35-1, with 31KOs. After that, he fought one more time, and retired for good at age 28. He got inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY in 2009.

elmersalsa, where do you rank Barrera among the all time great Mexican fighters?

The Baby Faced Assassin is in the top 10 if the greatest Mexican fighters ever in boxing.
In my view:
1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Miguel Canto
6. Carlos Zarate
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
9. Erik "El Terrible" Morales
10. Vicente Saldivar

I hope that you like my list Balletic Bomber.

[Wee Tommy]

Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico City, Mexico vs Prince Naseem Hamed of Sheffield, England. A featherweight fight for 12 rounds that the expectation was fireworks.

It didn't give much of fireworks like it should. But it was a good fight. Especially, it was a great tactical fight by Barrera, the Baby Faced Assassin. He dominated Hamed with his boxing. It was perhaps Barrera's most complete and dominant performance against a dangerous opponent like Hamed who at the time was a boxing superstar all over the world and one of the best fighters of the moment.

Hamed, a Muslim of Yemenian heritage, was a knockout artist, who had 31 knockout wins in 35 bouts. Only 4 guys went the distance with him. And he was also undefeated.

On April 7, 2001 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Barrera did the unthinkable by being the counter puncher. He moved swiftly and made The Prince very uncomfortable.

Hamed was exposed big time. Barrera showed that if a guy uses the jab and wait on him to attack, he would be useless, without a second plan. And that's what happened to the Prince. Barrera kept him off balanced with the left jab. Hamed had an awkward style of fighting. He depended heavily upon his reflexes making the other guy miss, so that he could come and counter. But, in this night, he could not do it. It was kind of difficult for him to do that because the way the Baby Faced Assassin carried himself.

Hamed was one of the most feared punchers in the game. Among his victims were world champions like Kevin Kelley (WKO4), Tom Johnson (WTKO8), Wilfredo Vazquez (WTKO7), Manuel Medina (WTKO11), and Vuyani Bungu (WKO4). And also had decision wins against Wayne McCoullough and Cesar Soto.

Hamed also had already a tremendous resume. He was the former European Bantamweight Champion, WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion and WBO, IBF and WBC World Featherweight Champion. At Super Bantamweight, he made 15 title defenses of the WBO crown. He was destined for greatness.

This was perhaps Barrera's defining fight. At least one of his top 5 greatest performances. And he deservedly so won the fight outright by Unanimous Decision in 12 rounds to become the IBO World Featherweight Champion.

He took Hamed's aura of invincibility. Hamed got humbled. That's all was to it.

I scored the fight 115-112 for Barrera. In round 12, Barrera kind of lost his composure and slammed Hamed's head in a ring post. That was the only thing wrong he did all night. He got a point deducted for that by the famous Puerto Rican referee Joe Cortez.

Barrera just kept winning and rolling. This was his 4th win in a row. He improves to 53-3, 1NC, with 38KOs.

Hamed dropped to 35-1, with 31KOs. After that, he fought one more time, and retired for good at age 28. He got inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY in 2009.

elmersalsa, where do you rank Barrera among the all time great Mexican fighters?

The Baby Faced Assassin is in the top 10 if the greatest Mexican fighters ever in boxing.
In my view:
1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Miguel Canto
6. Carlos Zarate
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
9. Erik "El Terrible" Morales
10. Vicente Saldivar

I hope that you like my list Balletic Bomber.

Baby Arizmendi? Wins against Henry Armstrong, Davey Day, Chalky Wright and Freddie Miller among many other notable fighters of his day.

[The Balletic Bomber]

elmersalsa, where do you rank Barrera among the all time great Mexican fighters?

The Baby Faced Assassin is in the top 10 if the greatest Mexican fighters ever in boxing.
In my view:
1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Miguel Canto
6. Carlos Zarate
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
9. Erik "El Terrible" Morales
10. Vicente Saldivar

I hope that you like my list Balletic Bomber.

That’s a terrific list. I certainly can’t argue with no.s 1 and 2. Nice to see you rank the great Miguel Canto at no. 5. He certainly fought in a style that most from Mexico did not. The Marquez ko of Pacquiao was unforgettable. Salvador Sanchez’s death cheated
the world of his brilliance. I believe that Canelo Alvarez will eventually rank in the top 3 all time amongst his countrymen. Emersalsa, I enjoy reading your posts!

[The Balletic Bomber]

elmersalsa, where do you rank Barrera among the all time great Mexican fighters?

The Baby Faced Assassin is in the top 10 if the greatest Mexican fighters ever in boxing.
In my view:
1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Miguel Canto
6. Carlos Zarate
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
9. Erik "El Terrible" Morales
10. Vicente Saldivar

I hope that you like my list Balletic Bomber.

Baby Arizmendi? Wins against Henry Armstrong, Davey Day, Chalky Wright and Freddie Miller among many other notable fighters of his day.

Wee Tommy, Arizmendi was a fine fighter, but I can’t see him replacing anyone on elmersalsa’s list. I would consider him an honorable mention. We should also remember Gilberto Roman as one of the greatest Mexican boxers ever.-Mark

[elmersalsa]

elmersalsa, where do you rank Barrera among the all time great Mexican fighters?

The Baby Faced Assassin is in the top 10 if the greatest Mexican fighters ever in boxing.
In my view:
1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Miguel Canto
6. Carlos Zarate
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
9. Erik "El Terrible" Morales
10. Vicente Saldivar

I hope that you like my list Balletic Bomber.

Baby Arizmendi? Wins against Henry Armstrong, Davey Day, Chalky Wright and Freddie Miller among many other notable fighters of his day.

Baby Arizmendi was a great fighter too. He is a borderline top 100 pound per pound all-time great boxer. I will put him in #11.

Mexico got a lot of outstanding great boxers. Also, for honorary mention for Mexico, we got Lupe Pintor
Pipino Cuevas
Carlos Palomino
Rafael Herrera
Gilberto Roman
Jose Luis Ramirez
Chucho Castillo
Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez
Jorge "El Travieso" Arce
Rafael "Rafa" Marquez
Kid Azteca
Raul "Raton" Macias who was Mexico's first national idol/hero.
Gaspar Ortega

Wow! Mexico had a lot great boxers!

[elmersalsa]

Also, Rodolfo "El Gato" Gonzalez, Alfonso Zamora Rodolfo "Baby" Casanova and Jesus Pimentel.

Mexico's boxing history is one of the greatest.

[elmersalsa]

My favorite Mexican fighters were Julio Cesar Chavez and Vicente Saldivar

Speaking of Saldivar, once upon a time, there was a man nicknamed "El Zurdo de Oro".

Enrique Sanchez, like Saldivar, was nicknamed "El Zurdo de Oro". He was also a former WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion.

But, to compare himself with the original Zurdo de Oro would be a complete travesty. A blasphemy! This guy was not in Saldivar's level to begin with. Saldivar was ten times better.

How did he get that nickname?

Sanchez of Mexico was 28-1-2, with 21KOs. Now, he wants Marco Antonio Barrera's IBO World Featherweight championship belt.

He had no chance. It was a complete shutout for 6 rounds of action in which Sanchez went to the canvas 3 times.

Barrera wins his 5th straight fight in extraordinary fashion and many people is wondering if he is going to fight his nemesis and countryman Erik "El Terrible" Morales again.

Barrera was ranked right then with the very best of the game. And he looked sharp and in his complete prime.

Barrera wins by TKO in the 6th round. And improves to 54-3, 1NC, with 39 knockout wins.

Barrera is looking terrific ever since losing to "Poison" Junior Jones, twice.

[elmersalsa]

The Baby Faced Assassin is in the top 10 if the greatest Mexican fighters ever in boxing.
In my view:
1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Ruben Olivares
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Miguel Canto
6. Carlos Zarate
7. Marco Antonio Barrera
8. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
9. Erik "El Terrible" Morales
10. Vicente Saldivar

I hope that you like my list Balletic Bomber.

That’s a terrific list. I certainly can’t argue with no.s 1 and 2. Nice to see you rank the great Miguel Canto at no. 5. He certainly fought in a style that most from Mexico did not. The Marquez ko of Pacquiao was unforgettable. Salvador Sanchez’s death cheated
the world of his brilliance. I believe that Canelo Alvarez will eventually rank in the top 3 all time amongst his countrymen. Emersalsa, I enjoy reading your posts!

Hey, thanks! I appreciate your comments greatly.

[The Balletic Bomber]

Also, Rodolfo "El Gato" Gonzalez, Alfonso Zamora Rodolfo "Baby" Casanova and Jesus Pimentel.

Mexico's boxing history is one of the greatest.

Amen to that!—Mark

[The Balletic Bomber]

My favorite Mexican fighters were Julio Cesar Chavez and Vicente Saldivar

Speaking of Saldivar, once upon a time, there was a man nicknamed "El Zurdo de Oro".

Enrique Sanchez, like Saldivar, was nicknamed "El Zurdo de Oro". He was also a former WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion.

But, to compare himself with the original Zurdo de Oro would be a complete travesty. A blasphemy! This guy was not in Saldivar's level to begin with. Saldivar was ten times better.

How did he get that nickname?

Sanchez of Mexico was 28-1-2, with 21KOs. Now, he wants Marco Antonio Barrera's IBO World Featherweight championship belt.

He had no chance. It was a complete shutout for 6 rounds of action in which Sanchez went to the canvas 3 times.

Barrera wins his 5th straight fight in extraordinary fashion and many people is wondering if he is going to fight his nemesis and countryman Erik "El Terrible" Morales again.

Barrera was ranked right then with the very best of the game. And he looked sharp and in his complete prime.

Barrera wins by TKO in the 6th round. And improves to 54-3, 1NC, with 39 knockout wins.

Barrera is looking terrific ever since ‘lol losing to "Poison" Junior Jones, twice.

By the way, Julio Cesar Chavez was a fighter that I loved to watch. I will always remember how impressive he was methodically pounding Edwin Rosario into submission, walking through Rosario’s powerful punches. And the way he cut off the ring against Hector Camacho, giving the most masterful application of punishment to a talented mobile fighter that I’ve even seen. Salvador Sanchez was another favorite of mine. Classy, tough, and skillful. No matter the circumstances in a particular fight, his facial expressions never seemed to change!—Mark